No criminal charges will be filed against four law enforcement officers involved in the killing of an Eagle River man in late July.
The state Justice Department said it found that the officers acted properly and did not break any laws when 26 shots were fired -- and one bullet hit 50-year-old Scot Minard, who died in a police standoff near Merrill when he ignored orders to drop his shotgun.
The standoff was preceded by a police chase, which started in Antigo soon after Minard fired shots at a police officer who stopped the man on suspicion of drugs. The chase hit speeds of 120 miles per hour before officers put out sticks to flatten Minard's tires.
One week before the shooting, the state said Minard told a friend he stole a gun in Adams County and he would, in his words, "let the cops shoot him."
